Button



July 12,1927. 1,635,714

W. T. ABEL BUTTON Filed Jan. 5, 192,7

.In uen'or.'

- WlerTAbeZ,

Patented July 12, 1927.

UNITED STATES (BUTTON. y

lkAillEl'l OFFICE. WALTER T. ABEL, OE` wATERRURY,` CONNECTICUT, i

COMPANY, OP'WATERBURP; CONNECTICUT, A

AssIGNOR To THE PATENT BUTTON CORPORATION OP CONNECTICUT Applicationined January' 5, 1927. serial No. 159,108.

MyV invention relates ,tov new and useful improvements in tack buttonsand has Afor an objecttoprovide aI button that `is extremely efficientin service, comprising but few parts andrelatively cheap to assemble andmanu- ,K

facture.' i

One of the principal objects ofthe .inven- -tion is to provide, a buttoncomprisingk but three parts and ay tack to holdthe button securely tothe cloth or other material to which it is to be fastened.l i

In buttons of a similarvtype as a rule the n. bodyfof the button isprovided with an anchor and an anvil plate, over which plate is placedthe cap or head of the button, as in' the` patent to F. R; lhite, number1,417,646 of 1922. f' f o In the present instance, Lemploya bodyportion, van anchor and a4 Vcap,'the anchor holding the tack in itsdeformed and locked position, and the anchor yalso .actingj as avcentral support for the cap or topvplate... i

Still another object of the inventionisto provide a metal buttoninjwhichthere is forced a small hollow. anchor orvise having tapered sides,the walls of the anchorA beingv formed of a relatively 'hardmetalThe'bot-v -v tom wall ofthe anchor is perforatethatis, it is provided orso formed that it has a small opening therein, While the top 2 wallvhasr a depression therein, so that the resultant pro# jection on theinner side of the chamber will deflect. the tack when :forced into theanchor.y b

With these and other objects in View, the invention conslsts lncertamnewand novel arrangements and comblnatlon. of parts y which will behereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claim.

Referring now to the drawings showing a preferred embodiment of myinvention.

Fig. l is a sectional view showing the button, a portion of a garmentanda tack, be-

fore the tack has been forced into the button.-

yFig. 2 shows a plan view ofl a button and tack, a button and the anchorbeing then shown in elevation and then a section through the button andtack.

Fig. l3 isa top plan view of the button with the cap removed, and theanchor in place. e o

Fig. 3a `is a sectional view showing the same parts as Fig. 3.

Fig. 3b is a bottom plan view of the same.

, overwhich 'will be Y will have Aits Figs. 4 and 4a are viewsv of thecap me1n-V ber in plan and section respectively and be- 155y fore being-swedged Fig. 5 is a sectional view of the anchor. Y

.'F.ig. V5f* is a bottom plan view of the same, y

' and j-Fig.'r Gis a plan view of the tack. 60 .,.Referringnow moreparticularlygto the lsevera-l views,'there is shown one form of improvedbutton, comprisingV a body portion 1,.which is formed of relativelycheap, thin and lsoft metaL'such as brass, aluminum or 65 in fact anysimilar relatively soft metal. This' body portionis provided with a hub2, theneflares outwardly at8j and slightly upwardly and outwardly asat4, to form a rim flange 6 pressed inwardly over the rim 4 when thebutton is in its final shape.V p Y VThe funder surface ofthe hub isforced or pressed upwardly as at 7 and centrally of the 75' depressionit Vis pierced as at 8.

Before the lcap -5 is placed over the rim of the bod yof the button,there is tightly forced into this' hub a hollow anchor 9, the walls ofwhich arefof va relative hard metal, such as 59 a iron, so thatthe prong10 of a tack v11 will not. pierce athefsame as will be shortlydescribed. Y LThe sidewalls of the vise'or anchorl are preferablytapered, s0, thatvthe anchor may bll egtightly pressed or forced withinVthe hub 2 of the body of the button 1, as may be clearly seen in theseveral views.

Thevanchor or vise is preferably formed from a square blank and the fourcorners of the square blank are turned in on a pin, the diameter of thepin determining the size of the hole or opening in the bottom. The edgesor corners extend upwardly as at 13 within the anchor as may be seen inthe several views. It might be possible to form the die from a roundblank rather than a square one, but in actual practice the die is madefrom a square blank. v

On the top surface of this small anchor and centrally thereof, there isformed a small depression -14C, so that the metal displaced will projectinto the chamber of the anchor, `this projection being in verticalalignment with the aforementioned opening 12 in the bottom of the saidanchor.

placed a cap 5, which cap YU AS muy he Clem-l)7 seen '1n Fig. 3, theopening; ln the hottorn o'l' the hub of the button, the opening in thelower s1r1'fi1`eo`ojt the nnehor :lnfl the Small projectionwithintheanchor :1re` all n vertical alignment.

AS hejlore mentioned the. small anchor lsplnrecl wlhn Jrhrhuh-of thohoely of the lmtton lle-tore the emp in forced into place :nul thennehor is ol such n height that not. only (loon it net ns :in anchor, aswill be. shortly mentioned, het it .lllcso fornrsn sup-- port Alor theeen of the button, when the hnlon in in itxA l'lnnl 'Fornr Tho nnehrn's:nur he properly" placed within lhe hnlm ol the hnilolrn by :r Snmll:urto-- nnzzle hnrnrner or riveting' mnehlne und `the mode olf'ntnehl'nglj the lnlllions lo the` cloth Wonlrl he no ilollowsu" y Ilf'helnrtlono will he nlneerlln one hopper ojlfnn allan-hing lnzrehne whlethetnekswllV be plneel in rher respectivo hopper. The nnongl ol' llelvl-ele will he loreenlthrorrgh the' nrnlerlnl (-l-r1 to n'hleh thehnlons nre to he nllneherl r. l n'lll then he toreert through llo open'l o r in the hol'jonx of the h'nh of (he button to then project throughthe 'open-Y lngr lil in the nnehor nnll will slrlle lhesnmll nroleetonll lo he flelleelerl thereby. Ilmonnreh on lhe :rnehor in nnnleolrelntively hnrrl `n'lelnl, it will rezully 'deflect the prong :milonline lt to henrl nnrl eXtenCl (loxrnwnl'fh ly nn neen ln the rlgrhthond lmll'on Fig. 2. 'lhe hoclr o-llhe tnel will then enrl zrnrlhnclherween the :dirle woll ofthe nnehor nnrlthw little projeetionfs l?,o''der'orxne'rl metal;

'lhe rliznneler ol lheprong ol the tzrek will he gr-enter rlnm thekflnrnelers of the openrno in the hub :unil the :rnehorr bhtl theseporto lrelngf intnlly perlorute perlntl the lne-lr lo lorre its: "myinto the 'lnotnllanrl then rlelforln unrl rlelleelwtlrln the elnunherof" the` hznxl lnetnl nnehor.

lt will he understood tlnrtftherseveral tlgnres: ot the (Ironing nroenlnrged with' re- Speet to the oelnnl Size ofthe button, bntthis isclone for the sake of olezu'ness ol illustration.

After-fthe taelrhas heen `forced within the hodyof therbntto'n and theanchor, il wll lso not only hohl the, button lo the n1z1terial, bntwill'tightly hold the nnehorr wltlrn the `huh of the: bodyg` or`rhevlmiilon;

From the nforegolng, it will he Seen that I halve devised n buttoncomprising but three ports and wherein the anchor muy heqnellyforeeflwithinelle llnh of the hotly ol the button, which anchorforms n locking- ,means wltlrwv tn'ek :rnd also nets ns n support 'forythe ezrp ofthe button:

Furthermoref,` hy thiS manner7 relnl'lvell5`T Cheap lnrttonsnmyhemznrnhzelnrerl, which b'nttong may then be plneorl iin fhnllton:histoning' machines und quickly Seenrerl to the gurnlentor garments.

Many slight changes muy lle lnzule wl'lloutdepnrlng from the spirit :melnoone of the' invention.

A'hntton eomprhingn lohell lnrring n hnlj`` und n peripheral rim above,Suhl lnlh. n lirnslo-eonenl Sepnrnte, ehznnlwr weklgrerl llownwnrdlywithin the hohl, the llotl'onl wnll oil" the chamber having; nn"openlngmrcl the por! tion about the o pening;r extenrflng nrnr'nrdlyinto tliey chamber, tho bottom lnlh being piereecl" :mel th'eJ snlrloyernln@rl n alignment" with the; opening of* the," ehznnher, :r l'nelraclnljitedtobefforeed throng-h snlrl olmlrlngs,` integral 111ez1ns-lnthe ohnlnher nnrl lnfnllwb lnent-` with sold openings 'for rlolleelnggthc-prong of the tnoklo conne the f snnro toolrrlhetween the side; wollo'lE the ollnrnher and the frnotnrerl metal portions nllout the openingin the` bottom ot the elnnnher.

` WALTLRYT; ABEL.

